Posts Tagged ‘motogp’

  • Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden attend to the international press at the Wrooom 2012
    All the eyes were on the Ducati Team riders and their GP12s on the first day of Wrooom 2012 at Madonna di Campiglio. Nicky Hayden was the first of the duo to “take to the track” and to attend to the international press. The American talked about his fast recovery from an injured left scapula while the Doctor is all motivated to bury the memories of the dismal...
    by at January 17th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
  • Marco Simoncelli passes away in a freak accident
    One of the most promising riders of MotoGP, and a vibrant, lively personality, Marco Simoncelli passed away in a freak accident this weekend at the Malaysian Gran Prix. The Afro haired MotoGP rider who lowsided in the second lap slid and came straight in the way of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. Unfortunately, Marco’s helmet came off during the incident and he succumbed...
    by at October 24th, 2011 at 08:10 am
  • Stoner bags his second MotoGP title
    Honda rider Casey Stoner bagged in his second MotoGP World Championship title by winning the Australian Grand Prix and he won it for the fifth successive year. His solitary title rival Jorge Lorenzo could not start the race owing to the injuries he sustained in his warm-up lap crash and it seems Stoner knew he had to finish at a simple sixth place to earn the championship...
    by at October 18th, 2011 at 09:10 am
  • Mahindra Racing grabs some more points in Misano
    Mahindra rider Marcel Schrötter managed a hard fought 15 15th place at Misanoin MotoGP 125cc class. Team-mate Danny Webb finished 21st, dropping back after a strong start that saw him running in the top 15 with Schrötter in the early stages, only to be slowed as he struggled to match the pace of his team-mate. Schrötter (18, from Germany) had qualified on the fifth...
    by at September 5th, 2011 at 07:09 am
  • MotoGP 2011 Round 2, Jerez GP
    Race Report : Harkamal Singh Images: MotoGP.com Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda RC212V) says: “We made a good start to the race, we understood the tyres weren’t the best and they were trying to spin, so we needed to back off quite a bit.”Rossi came up the inside and wasn’t able to stay on the bike and took me out. It was not the best day for us for...
    by at April 4th, 2011 at 03:04 am
  • MotoGP 2011 – Losail, Qatar
    Race Report : Harkamal Singh Images : MotoGP.com The 2011  MotoGP season started under the spectacular floodlights of the Losail circuit in Qatar. The new season was highly anticipated due to many reasons. The nine time World Champion Valentino Rossi was making his debut on Ducati. On the other hand it was the very first time an Indian rider Sarath Kumar commencing...
    by at March 21st, 2011 at 04:03 am
  • 2011 MotoGP new rules
    IMAGE: MotoGP.com The 2011 MotoGP season is going to witness some new rules. Under the effect of these new regulations there is a confirmation of a four-session weekend for the 2011 season, as well as a switch to three riders per line on the starting grid for all classes. On December 9th a Meeting was held in Madrid among all the elite members of Dorna Sports, FIM and...
    by at December 10th, 2010 at 09:12 am
  • Rossi undergoes a successful shoulder operation.
    A two hour long successful surgery by two highly talented doctors is what the 9-time world champ needed to get himself back in shape. He gets his shoulder operated finally. The Doctor(not the one who operated but the one who was operated) had a crash during a Motocross session earlier this year, damaging his shoulder costing him a lot of MotoGP points, chances of winning...
    by at November 15th, 2010 at 07:11 am
  • 2010 FIM ARRC standings:Moto-REV retains 3rd spot
    If you follow Indian Motorsports or in this case international one, Moto-Rev won’t be a name you are not familiar with. Round 5 of the 2010 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship was in China. And Moto-Rev, like always made their presence felt. Moto-REV’s Toshiyuki Hamaguchi finished Race 2 in 5th place doing a best lap time of 1:40.430 Race 1 didn’t yield...
    by at November 3rd, 2010 at 01:11 pm
  • 2010 MotoGP Round 17, Portuguese Grand Prix
    RACE REPORT : HARKAMAL SINGH IMAGES : MotoGP.com Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo won his third consecutive race in a spectacular way at Estoril circuit. This was the 8th win of the Spaniard in 2010 season. The race turned out to be a dramatic one as conditions were far from perfect right from the Friday practice sessions. Later on heavy rain led to the cancellation of the...
    by at November 1st, 2010 at 08:11 am